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8.36 Add Safe Mode to the Windows 8.1 Boot
Menu

Remember the good old days when all you had to do
to boot into Safe Mode was to press the F8 key when
you started your PC?

Sadly, since the roll out of Windows 8, the F8
key shortcut has completely become redundant.
Instead you now have to spend an age working your
way through the Advanced Startup menus.

Never fear, though, all is not lost; you can
easily add a Safe Mode link to the Windows 8.1 boot
menu. This will, upon starting your PC, give you a
menu which will allow you to either boot directly to
Windows 8.1 or, alternatively, boot directly into
Safe Mode.